Birdlace makes up a story that he did not show up because he spent the night with the beautiful wife of an officer. Birdlace meets up with his buddies, where they board their bus. They attempt to talk, but end up engaged in a self-conscious yet endearing sexual encounter.ДЄs he is leaving at dawn, Rose gives him her address and asks him to write. Birdlace walks Rose home, and they share an awkward moment on her doorstep, before she hesitantly invites him in. She offers to write to him, and asks if he will write back. Rose tells Birdlace about her dream to become a folk singer, and he reveals to her that he will be shipping off to Okinawa the following day, and from there on to 'a little country called Vietnam,' he hopes. Birdlace is surprised to find himself enjoying spending time with Rose, so much so that he forgets that he was to have met up with his three buddies at a tattoo parlor where they were to get matching tattoos to solidify their friendship. He convinces her to let him buy her dinner, in an attempt to make it up to her.ДЄfter dinner, the two walk to a club where Rose hopes to perform soon, and then to an arcade. Birdlace immediately regrets having treated Rose so cruelly, and chases after her. Rose is devastated, tears into Birdlace, and then storms off.

In the ladies' room, it is revealed that Marcie is actually a prostitute whom Berzin has hired (which is a violation of the rules of the dogfight) and clues Rose in to the true nature of the party. Rose does not win the dogfight Marcie, the date of Birdlace's friend Berzin, is the winner. The alcohol and dancing eventually make Rose feel dizzy, and she rushes off and ends up getting sick in the rest room. Shortly after, Rose convinces Birdlace to dance with her, though at first he resists because he knows that's where the dates get judged.

Birdlace proceeds to get drunk, presumably feeling guilty. However they encounter one of Birdlace's buddies and his 'date' in front of the bar, and so he has no choice but to proceed with Rose into the dogfight. While walking to the bar where the party is to be held, Birdlace begins to have second thoughts about playing such a cruel trick on Rose after realizing she's not ugly enough to compete, and attempts to talk her out of going in. She is suspicious of his motives, but decides to accept his invitation. Birdlace attempts to charm her, complimenting her on her guitar playing, and inviting her to a party. She is not particularly 'ugly', but rather plain, shy and awkward. After a few women reject his advances, Birdlace ducks into a coffee shop, where he encounters Rose, a waitress, on her break, practicing her guitar. They separate into the city to attempt to find dates. Birdlace and three of his Marine buddies have arrived in San Francisco for twenty-four hours, before shipping off to Okinawa, and are planning on attending a 'dogfight' (a party where Marines compete to bring the ugliest date, unbeknownst to the girls they bring) later that evening. The first portion of the film is set on NovemberВ 21, 1963 (the day before President John F.

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